SQL Server is DB-Engines' DBMS of 2016 — DB-Engines tracks the popularity of database systems and found Microsoft’s SQL Server grew most in popularity in 2016. The release of SQL Server 2016 and the Linux port likely had a major effect.

SQLite 3.16.0 Released — Uses 9% fewer CPU cycles, fixes a long standard LEFT JOIN bug, adds experimental support for PRAGMA functions, has faster LIKE and GLOB matching when using multiple wildcards, and more.